S. R. Nathan famous quotes

The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Motherhood #Progress #Prosperity

I had the good fortune to be thrown unexpectedly into something called the Labour Research Unit - a little known organisation set up to assist the fledgling labour movement. It was not a company, nor a statutory board, nor a government department - in fact it did not exist at all as a legal entity. Thus in slightly unorthodox circumstances I became part of that struggle.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Struggle #Government #Boards

We are each other's seventh largest trading partner, we are the fifth largest investor there and likewise, we have a lot of exchanges between political leaders, businessmen, tourists and school children too.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Children #School #Leader

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.
-- S. R. Nathan

#China #Changed #United Nations

Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Natural #Threat #Apprehension

China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Moving #Chinese #World

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Country #Two #Perception

Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.
-- S. R. Nathan

#Opportunity #Class #People

Motherhood changes everything.

My mom is definitely my rock.

Sleep is out... tired is the new black.

I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises.

We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.

Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.

You know, without China there is no Wal-Mart and without Wal-Mart there is no middle class and lower class prosperity in the United States.

There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.

If you want greater prosperity in your life, start forming a vacuum to receive it.